Waterfowl

Spring waterfowl surveys find Minnesota's breeding mallard numbers are down from last year while other species saw increases.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service allows changes to duck zone boundaries every five years.

The Utah Wildlife Board has approved a higher bag limit and a longer duck and goose hunting season for this fall.

The Game, Fish and Parks Commission rejected nearly all proposed changes aimed at expanding South Dakota's non-resident waterfowl license system, something many hunters in the state have pushed against.

After just one month, and selling less than 100 tickets per show, the Duck Commander musical based on Willie and Korie Robertson’s book has been shut down in Las Vegas.

Visitors can walk through a man-made cypress swamp, go bowling or shoot arrows at the archery range. A 105-room hotel designed like a hunting lodge has balconies overlooking the indoor swamp. There are also live ducks, alligators and fish.

It may sound crazy, but you can create a fake duck pond if you’re facing drought conditions during the season. And it really works.

Last spring's waterfowl survey numbers promised more birds than we had seen in ages. But did all those birds really add up to an epic duck season?

The Ladies Shotgun Course at Gunsite Academy in Arizona will test your mettle and help you nail the basics of using a shotgun for protection — whether at home or while hunting.

Can you turn your duck-hunting shotgun into a home defense gun? Sure, but it will take some work. Here's what the perfect home defense shotgun looks like.

Wildlife officials say 2,000 migrating snow geese have died in eastern Idaho, likely from a disease that can cause birds to die in midflight and drop out of the sky.

Thibodaux city councilman, Lloyd Badeaux, has been sentenced to jail after he pleaded guilty to hunting ducks with lead shot and violating a three-year federal probation that included a hunting ban.

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Groups like Ducks Unlimited and Pheasants Forever urged lawmakers to spend more money to support outdoor projects.

Vermont and seven other states are holding spring snow goose hunting season to help cut down on the growing population that officials say is destroying habitat.

Waterfowl biologist Mike Peters says duck numbers were down from last year's count by 11 percent, while goose numbers were down 4 percent.